The surname Regal
A surname, carried by 1,157 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex R240
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,157 people named Regal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,134.
#22,281
rank among US surnames
1,157
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #21,479)
Who is named Regal
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Regal identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- White (not Hispanic) 85%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 4.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Two or more races 1.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Regal has the Soundex code R240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R240.
Questions
- How common is the surname Regal?
- 1,157 people in the United States had the surname Regal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,850 Americans. It ranked 22,281st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Regal?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Regal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Regal getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,157 in 2010, up 2.0%.